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Remove concrete stain for gold and diamond ring

2005

My wife helped me with a concreting job but forgot to remove her 18 carrot gold ring set with diamonds and a large sapphire, now its got concrete in it! and I'm in trouble!
please tell me how to remove this.
kind regards,

Steve Burton
carpenter - Australia

Jewelers are trained and experienced in what materials are safe to apply to gold and sapphire, and will have ultrasonic jewelry cleaner ⇦this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] to accelerate the cleaning process. I wouldn't try this at home.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2005

citric acid ⇦this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] is an extremely effective and highly safe answer to your problem. It will dissolve the lime matrix which hards the concrete and make cleaning and removal easy and friendly..find a local solution of a citric acid cleaner (don't confuse with citrus, as in cleaner). You can also contact us for this product..No worries!

Barry Feinman
BarrysRestoreItAll

Carlsbad, California

2005

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